Premise:
One of the very best drama series of all-time. Episode #10 'A Lion Walks
Among Us' was very controversial sparking a Congressional investigation
of tv violence, and may have lead to the downfall of a network president.

[25] Bus Stop: COUNTY GENERAL
18Mar62 ABC
prod. no. 5325
Written by David Shaw
Directed by Robert Altman
director of photography: Robert B. Hauser
film editor: William Mace.
Guest Cast:
Frank Lovejoy
Dianne Foster
Donald May

[26] Bus Stop: I KISS YOUR SHADOW (final episode)
prod. no. 5326
25Mar62 ABC
Palomino Productions, Inc.
Produced and Directed by John Newland
Teleplay by Barry Trivers
From the short story by Robert Bloch (on copyright)
Story by Jonathan Hughes (also on copyright)
director of photography: Robert B. Hauser
film editor: Jim Faris.I
Guest Cast:
George Grizzard
Joanne Linville
Alfred Ryder

The bus stop of this series was a diner in Sunrise, Colorado, a small town in
Rocky Mountain country. The continuing characters included Grace Sherwood, the
working owner of the diner, Elma Gahringer the waitress, Sheriff Will Mayberry
and DA Glenn Wagner. The stories revolved around the people passing through
Sunrise, and many an unusual character stepped off that interstate bus. The
program earned national notoriety and probably early cancellation due to an
episode titled "A Lion Walks Among Us", which was based on a Tom Wicker novel
and starred rock singer Fabian Forte as a youthful psychopath bent on murder and
mayhem. This segment was widely denounced for its explicit violence and sadism
and was cited in Congressional hearings on violence in television. The president
of ABC-TV when challenged by an angry senator as to whether he allowed his own
children to watch such a series, stammered and admitted no he did not. Shortly
thereafter the show ended permanently. [RF]